Design and analysis of retarding field energy analyzer with controllable focusing voltage

In order to solve the problems of poor insulation, low resolution and sparking etc., a retarding field energy analyzer is upgraded, simulated and analyzed to test and analyze the electron beam parameters accurately, which derive from the guns of traveling wave tubes and beams after beam-wave interaction, providing a reference for the design, performance improvement and development of the traveling wave tubes. The retarding energy analyzer with a controllable focusing voltage insulates high-voltage cylinder electrically from retarding mesh and applies a controllable small voltage between them. The second electrostatic lens accelerates and focuses the diverging beam near the area of the mesh, to weaken too much expansion in the region of the weak part that the first lens functions, due to space-particle effects and beam emittance, etc. and optimize the slope of the particle trajectory and resolution. Meanwhile, the whole structure tends to miniaturizition and lightweight. A computer code called CST is used to simulate the particle distribution in particle interfaces and the whole electric field distribution, and Matlab code helps data processing and exports the key parameters. Besides, the paper focuses on analyzing the optimization and improvement of the performance reflected by the resolution and Full Width at Half Maximum, etc. The result shows that this energy analyzer is competent to apply to the experiments of electron beams. ©, 2015, Editorial Office of High Power Laser and Particle Beams. All right reserved.